comment
/ˈkɑmɛnt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.88 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "I have no comment on that."
- "Pay attention to the teacher's comments in the margin of your marked essay."
- "“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action."
- "Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011)."
- "People bled to death like gentlemen in an operating room or expired without comment in an oxygen tent."
- "“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”"
Etymology
From Middle English coment, comment, from Old French coment (“commentary”), from Late Latin commentum (“comment, interpretation”), from Classical Latin commentum (“invention, fabrication”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑmɛnt/
- British English: /ˈkɒmɛnt/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Computing.